Australia’s finest sparkling wine house, Jansz Tasmania, will launch a rare new star in its award winning collection at an exclusive event in Hobart tomorrow night.
The Jansz Tasmania Single Vineyard Chardonnay 2007 will be launched at an invitation-only soiree at the Tasmania Museum and Art Gallery from 6.30pm.
The 100 per cent sparkling Chardonnay was created by Jansz Tasmania winemaker Natalie Fryar (above), with fruit sourced exclusively from the Jansz Tasmania estate in Pipers River, about 45 minutes from Launceston.
Only 1479 bottles of this rare and fine wine have been produced, all of which have been individually numbered.
“Chardonnay is the backbone, the star and history of Jansz Tasmania,” Natalie said.
“It had long been a dream to create a definitive wine for our Jansz vintage collection, a 100 per cent Chardonnay that highlights our love for this variety and its importance to Jansz Tasmania. The opportunity came in 2007 with a brilliant vintage and exceptional Chardonnay fruit.”
The estate vineyard at Jansz Tasmania is comprised of 20 individual blocks of fruit and the best four of these, located on a central hill of deep free draining red soil, provide Chardonnay for the Vintage Cuvée, Vintage Late Disgorged Cuvée, and now the Vintage Chardonnay.
“Every vintage brings a new dimension and expression to this fruit, my interpretation of that single vintage from those great Chardonnay blocks is the creation of this wine,” Natalie said.
“Chardonnay offers the sparkling winemaker elegance, power and most importantly longevity. Its very nature allows me to create a wine of structure and great power that will live for years.
“Hand crafted, 100 per cent barrel fermented and coming from our two best Chardonnay blocks, this wine adds a purity and intensity to our collection of wines. It’s a blockbuster that will continue to reveal and express itself over many years.”
The Jansz Tasmania Single Vineyard Chardonnay 2007 will be available from the Jansz Tasmania Wine Room in Pipers River and selected fine wine retailers nationwide, with a recommended retail price of $61.
Read the tasting notes and see the bubbles …
JAN10073_A4_Tasting_Notes.pdf
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